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This fact sheet presents country-specific data from the Violence Against Children Survey (VACS) in Haiti.

This article from BBC News tells the stories of "cuckoo families" in El Salvador, women and families who are chosen and coerced by gang members to care for certain children. 

This book explains the neurological, emotional, and behavioral impacts of violence and trauma experienced by newborns, infants, children, and teenagers.

The objective of this study was to assess item characteristics indicative of the severity of risk for commercial sexual exploitation among a high-risk population of child welfare system involved youth to inform the construction of a screening tool.

This article from the Guardian shares some of the stories of long-term trauma caused by the U.S. family separation policy.

A recent lawsuit alleges that children who have been separated from their parents at the U.S. border with Mexico, who are under the supervision of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), were routinely given anti-anxiety and antidepressant drugs, sometimes by force, according to this article from the Guardian.

The current study examined if the methods used to define and describe maltreatment contribute to the association between maltreatment and academic functioning in youth.

The study examines whether the form of maltreatment experienced by the child moderates the effects of a parent training program (PTP) on the probability that the child’s case will be closed.

This study aimed to examine the longitudinal changes treatment parents experience throughout preservice training and after a youth is placed in their home.